PassPeersMedian
£28,738
gross per year, full-time employees
Middle 80 %
£19,371–£40,191
10th to 90th percentile
Employed
340,000
people in this job
Occupation: Care workers and home carers (SOC 2020 6135). Care workers outside the NHS have no national pay scale. ASHE's median is £31,341 for senior care workers (SOC 2020 6136, 71,000 jobs) and £30,383 for nursing auxiliaries and assistants (SOC 2020 6131, 249,000 jobs). The National Living Wage, the legal minimum for workers aged 21 and over, is £12.71 an hour from 1 April 2026 (GOV.UK, www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates). ASHE annual pay covers full-time employees who have been in the same job for more than a year, for the tax year ending 5 April; the number of jobs is indicative only. Regional figures are by place of work (ASHE Table 15); ONS publishes no Northern Ireland or percentile figures at that level.
By region
| # | Region | Median | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland | £30,566 | 36,000 |
| 2 | South West England | £29,298 | 30,000 |
| 3 | South East England | £29,220 | 42,000 |
| 4 | London | £29,100 | 31,000 |
| 5 | Wales | £29,031 | 19,000 |
| 6 | North West England | £28,840 | 35,000 |
| 7 | East of England | £28,227 | 28,000 |
| 8 | Yorkshire and the Humber | £27,985 | 28,000 |
| 9 | North East England | £27,776 | 17,000 |
| 10 | East Midlands | £27,278 | 29,000 |
| 11 | West Midlands | £27,090 | 34,000 |
gross per year, full-time employees · 2026 provisional (tax year ending 5 April 2026) · Source
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